Ian Loader
@ianloader.bsky.social
I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - https://www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC
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all my core arguments in one case:
1. the modern far right has international ambitions
2. concessions don't pacify the far right, they embolden it
3. you can't be neutral (as the bbc tried to be)
4. they attack where resistance is weakest
5. right now, that's the uk
1. the modern far right has international ambitions
2. concessions don't pacify the far right, they embolden it
3. you can't be neutral (as the bbc tried to be)
4. they attack where resistance is weakest
5. right now, that's the uk
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
all my core arguments in one case:
1. the modern far right has international ambitions
2. concessions don't pacify the far right, they embolden it
3. you can't be neutral (as the bbc tried to be)
4. they attack where resistance is weakest
5. right now, that's the uk
1. the modern far right has international ambitions
2. concessions don't pacify the far right, they embolden it
3. you can't be neutral (as the bbc tried to be)
4. they attack where resistance is weakest
5. right now, that's the uk
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Quietly, a remarkable piece of public art is being created, which seeks to both explain the delays of the Botley Road, and share the highlights of West Oxford. We caught up with local artist Chris Shipton to hear more before its unveiling next week.
oxfordclarion.uk/botley-and-t...
oxfordclarion.uk/botley-and-t...
Botley and the narrow bridge of art
Amidst the turmoil of the Botley Road bridge works, a remarkable artwork is being created, both to tell the story of the bridge and its complexities, and the rich history of West Oxford.
Local artist...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Quietly, a remarkable piece of public art is being created, which seeks to both explain the delays of the Botley Road, and share the highlights of West Oxford. We caught up with local artist Chris Shipton to hear more before its unveiling next week.
oxfordclarion.uk/botley-and-t...
oxfordclarion.uk/botley-and-t...
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This video is brilliant: buff.ly/1zyTWmM
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
Thread:
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
Thread:
Private jets don't pay fuel tax. Now I don't either.
You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires? This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This video is brilliant: buff.ly/1zyTWmM
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
Thread:
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
Thread:
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Absolute scenes in Oxfordshire. LABOUR voting WITH TORIES and the car brained IOA to remove a traffic intervention designed to speed up buses, and was recommended by 74% in the citizens assembly THEY ASKED FOR, AND that has already been praised by the BUS companies, after SIX days.
The vote on Oxford’s Congestion Charge is taken and goes broadly along party lines.
For removing the charge: 22 (Con, Lab, Ind)
Against removing the charge: 36 (LibDem, Green, Henley)
Abstain: 2 (Will Boucher-Giles, LibDem for Chesterton; Emma Markham, Green for Shrivenham)
For removing the charge: 22 (Con, Lab, Ind)
Against removing the charge: 36 (LibDem, Green, Henley)
Abstain: 2 (Will Boucher-Giles, LibDem for Chesterton; Emma Markham, Green for Shrivenham)
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Absolute scenes in Oxfordshire. LABOUR voting WITH TORIES and the car brained IOA to remove a traffic intervention designed to speed up buses, and was recommended by 74% in the citizens assembly THEY ASKED FOR, AND that has already been praised by the BUS companies, after SIX days.
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If you cannot see children trick-or-treating, maybe consider not driving tonight?
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you cannot see children trick-or-treating, maybe consider not driving tonight?
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Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
Happy Cleaner Air Day
Oxford’s Temporary Congestion Charge is now live. The charge will be at points on six roads in Oxford. Cars with permits & all other vehicles can pass through charge locations for free. Without a permit, £5 per day is payable.
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-an...
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Happy Cleaner Air Day
Good question.
Where have all the normal Tories gone?
Not long ago, the Conservative party had a centrist wing. Now it is flirting with immigration policies that make Idi Amin look like a moderate. #TheCreep
www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
Not long ago, the Conservative party had a centrist wing. Now it is flirting with immigration policies that make Idi Amin look like a moderate. #TheCreep
www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
Where have all the normal Tories gone?
Not long ago, the Conservative party had a centrist wing. Now it is flirting with immigration policies that make Idi Amin look like a moderate
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Good question.
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Good
Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
If gambling tax rises, we’ll shut all our 1,300 shops, warns Betfred
Increased levies expected to be imposed in next month’s budget could cost the company 7,000 jobs, according to Joanne Whittaker, the chief executive
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Good
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Bloody brilliant 👇
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bloody brilliant 👇
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This country is not well
According to the Labour MP, building the bike lane would cause "serious challenges" for local businesses, “erode public trust, and squander valuable public funds".
Cycle lane plans would put “economic vitality” of town at “serious risk”, warms MP – due to loss of six car parking spaces
According to the Labour MP, building the bike lane would cause "serious challenges" for local businesses, “erode public trust, and squander valuable public funds
road.cc
October 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This country is not well
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By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
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BREAKING #antifa NEWS: "The England flags have been removed and replaced with other signs"
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
BREAKING #antifa NEWS: "The England flags have been removed and replaced with other signs"
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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🎓 Congratulations to Dr Luiz Dal Santo! Oxford DPhil Criminology graduate.
"Punishment, State, and Society in the Global Periphery: Mass Incarceration, Mass Incorporation, and the Rise of a Protagonist Judiciary in Brazil",
📚 Luiz’s published research here: researchgate.net/profile/Luiz-Dal-Santo
"Punishment, State, and Society in the Global Periphery: Mass Incarceration, Mass Incorporation, and the Rise of a Protagonist Judiciary in Brazil",
📚 Luiz’s published research here: researchgate.net/profile/Luiz-Dal-Santo
October 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🎓 Congratulations to Dr Luiz Dal Santo! Oxford DPhil Criminology graduate.
"Punishment, State, and Society in the Global Periphery: Mass Incarceration, Mass Incorporation, and the Rise of a Protagonist Judiciary in Brazil",
📚 Luiz’s published research here: researchgate.net/profile/Luiz-Dal-Santo
"Punishment, State, and Society in the Global Periphery: Mass Incarceration, Mass Incorporation, and the Rise of a Protagonist Judiciary in Brazil",
📚 Luiz’s published research here: researchgate.net/profile/Luiz-Dal-Santo
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We go live now to Donald Trump in the Oval Office to give a statement on the Nobel Peace Prize being given to a Venezuelan woman
a person is laying on the floor in front of a display of zap
ALT: a person is laying on the floor in front of a display of zap
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October 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
We go live now to Donald Trump in the Oval Office to give a statement on the Nobel Peace Prize being given to a Venezuelan woman
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Please help combat BBC news blackout of Green Party!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was the only party leader not interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their party conference.
So please RT his cracking conference speech..
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was the only party leader not interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their party conference.
So please RT his cracking conference speech..
Whatever your party politics, @zackpolanski.bsky.social leaders speech deserves to be heard..
www.youtube.com/live/TZx9Vng...
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Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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October 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Please help combat BBC news blackout of Green Party!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was the only party leader not interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their party conference.
So please RT his cracking conference speech..
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was the only party leader not interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their party conference.
So please RT his cracking conference speech..
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I've had enough of listening. Time for action on low traffic.
My letter in the Oxford Times today
My letter in the Oxford Times today
September 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I've had enough of listening. Time for action on low traffic.
My letter in the Oxford Times today
My letter in the Oxford Times today
This huckster knows exactly what he’s doing: creating chaos and feeding his base. But broadcasters must call this BS out. Would he refuse cancer treatment because he has ‘no idea’ if it works? Or stand in front of a moving car because the evidence of the damaging effects of a collision is unproven?
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This huckster knows exactly what he’s doing: creating chaos and feeding his base. But broadcasters must call this BS out. Would he refuse cancer treatment because he has ‘no idea’ if it works? Or stand in front of a moving car because the evidence of the damaging effects of a collision is unproven?
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"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
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I have today sent the attached open letter to Anneliese Dodds MP
September 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I have today sent the attached open letter to Anneliese Dodds MP